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Streetcar project construction stopped on Thanksgiving Day

Once Mayor-Elect John Cranley and the new council are sworn in Sunday, their first order of business at City Hall will be a special session Monday morning to skewer streetcar spending and try to pause the work permanently.\

Once Mayor-Elect John Cranley and the new council are sworn in Sunday, their first order of business at City Hall will be a special session Monday morning to skewer streetcar spending and try to pause the work permanently.\

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Updated: 7:09 PM EST Nov 28, 2013

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WEBVTT THERE IS NO BREAK FROM THECINCINNATI STREETCARSITUATION... HAPPYTHANKSGIVING EVERYBODY ... I'MMIKE DARDIS. SHEREE IS OFF FORTHE HOLIDAY. STRATEGIES AREBEING STITCHED TOGETHER INTIME FOR MONDAY'S SPECIALSESSION OF CITY GOVERNMENT.WLWT NEWS 5'S JOHN LONDON ISHERE WITH A LOOK AT WHAT TOEXPECT. JOHN.RIGHT HAND ON THE BIBLE SUNDAY,SAME HAND ON THE GAVEL MONDAY...JOHN CRANLEY HAS STOPPING THESTREETCAR HIS FIRST ORDER OFBUSINESS AS THE NEW MAYOR.HERE'S HOW HE'LL TRY TO DO IT.Roll along Elm through Over-the-Rhine today and you find trackconstruction for the StreetcarProject paused. It isThanksgiving. Messer and Prusare pausing with the rest of thecommunity to give thanks. But,once Mayor-Elect John Cranleyand the new Council are sworn-inSunday... Their first order ofbusiness at City Hall will be aspecial session Monday to try topause the work permanently.(John Cranley - Mayor-Elect)("Oh, I believe we can stop iton day one, but we'll see howthat plays out. You know, I meanthere's a lot of different legaltheories...") That was theMayor-Elect yesterday afternaming Parks Director WillieCarden as his choice for CityManager.(Willie Carden - CityManager-Select) ("Once I get in,I want to take a look at it andthen provide Council and theMayor with information so theycan vet it and make adecision.") Although the newCouncil can push the pausebutton right away, some say itwon't kick in for thirty days.At it's farewell meetingTuesday, the outgoing Councilapproved a new law directing thefirst phase be completed. Itwould take a new law to reverseit. Six votes would do thetrick. But, the city's topvote-getter has seen fit to stepaway from being the clinchingnumber six.(P G Sittenfeld - CincinnatiCouncil) ("I've laid my cards onthe table. We'll see where mycolleagues land.") The ongoingwork on the 3.6 mile loop addsfifty grand daily to the city'sexpenses. Opponents elected to anew four-year term believethey'll need five votes, notsix, toshut the spigot.(Chris Smitherman - CincinnatiCouncil) ("I mean, we're notgoing to keep spending $50,000 aday, in my opinion, beyondMonday.") At this morning'sPrice Hill parade, Cranley hadlegal maneuverings already inmotion.(John Cranley - Mayor-Elect)("It may take us a couple daysbecause obviously the opponentsare trying to stop us...")Streetcar enthusiasts continueto look for wavering amongnewcomers David Mann, Amy Murrayand Kevin Flynn...(Kevin Flynn - CincinnatiCouncil) ("We definitely need totake this pause... ") There'syour answer on this ThanksgivingDay pause.CRANLEY INSISTS HE HAS THEVOTES. BUT, IT COULD COME DOWNTO LEGAL INTERPRETATION, POINTSOF ORDER, WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BEINTRODUCED ... AND PERHAPSMORE THAN ONE SPECIAL SESSION...THERE'S NO PAUSE TO THECONTROVERSY.

Streetcar project construction stopped on Thanksgiving Day

Once Mayor-Elect John Cranley and the new council are sworn in Sunday, their first order of business at City Hall will be a special session Monday morning to skewer streetcar spending and try to pause the work permanently.\